Aercon Cup Rules

Each match will consist of a single game to 25 points (even if a score of 24-24 is reached).

American scoring will be observed.

Handicap-zeroing will be done prior to each match to ensure each will have no more than 50 points:

Handicap-zeroing is where the handicaps of both players are adjusted as follows:

Example 1

Tournament

Handicap

Player A-20

Player B+10

Without zeroing, Player A would need to win 44 points and Player B would need 14 points (a combination of 58) to get to 24-24 (the goal of a handicapped competition).

By calculating the difference between the handicaps (in this case 30 points), halving that (15 points), and putting each player that many points either side of 0 we get the following (zeroed) Match Handicaps.

TournamentMatch

HandicapHandicap (zeroed)

Player A-20-15

Player B+10+15

Now Player A would need to win 39 points and Player B would need 9 points (a combination of 48) to get to 24-24 (the 49th rally would win the match).

Example 2 – Both players have a negative tournament handicap

TournamentMatch

HandicapHandicap (zeroed)

Player A-20-5

Player B-10+5

Example 3 – Both players have a positive tournament handicap

TournamentMatch

HandicapHandicap (zeroed)

Player A+7-2

Player B+11+2

Note, in the event the difference between the player’s tournament handicaps is an odd number, favour is given to the player whose handicap is furthest from +25 i.e.